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Seven Nigerian ladies have died in Niger State, Nigeria from suspected generator fumes, the Niger State Police Command said on Saturday. The tragedy happened at Rijau town, headquarters of Rijau Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. Niger state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adamu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Continue ReadingA male passenger, 72, died on an Air Peace Flight P47182 from Calabar to Abuja on Friday. The deceased allegedly had a case of paraplegia due to spinal injury since 2019 and was travelling for medical check-up in Abuja when the incident occurred. Reports say he became very sick mid-flight and upon arrival at the […]
Continue ReadingEmeritus Professor of History, Stephen Banji Akintoye, leader of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), the umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, has said the Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people who dominate the Southwest part of the country. The elder statesman lamented that though his association is committed to […]
Continue ReadingCorporate and Commercial lawyer, Olumide Akpata Esq., has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) 2020 national elections, after defeating two other contestants who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). This victorious win makes him the NBA’s first non-SAN President in years. Akpata won the election with a total of 9,891 votes of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lawyer, who formerly worked as prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chief Godwin Obla SAN, has revealed that the suspended acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, ordered his arrest because he asked to be paid his legal fee in the sum of N763.9m. Chief Obla reportedly made the revelation […]
Continue ReadingA human rights activist, Prince Wiro, has charged the Rivers State Police Command to investigate and prosecute its operatives accused of arresting and raping a widow over alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. The 32-year-old widow alleged that policemen attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area, arrested her on Tuesday, July 28, for not wearing […]
Continue ReadingA woman who was chained to a pillar for 18 hours by her husband has been rescued in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Mrs Ngozi Chukwuani was chained by husband Uche Chukwuani to a pillar inside their home at No 1 Ike street in Abakaliki. Afterwards, Uche fled with the key to the padlock. It was revealed that the couple’s daughter […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Second Republic Senator, Chief Ayo Fasanmi, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group ‘Afenifere’ is dead. He died at the age of 94. The Afenifere leader died in Osogbo in the late hours of Wednesday July 29, after a brief illness. The second republic senator’s son, Afolabi, who confirmed his death wrote in a statement […]
Continue ReadingThe independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish President Mary Robinson, has cleared the beleaguered leader of the African Bank of Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Ayodeji, of corruption allegations, according to AFP. Adesina, 60, a charismatic speaker known for his elegant suits and bow ties, became the first Nigerian to helm the AfDB in […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian international footballer, Musa Nosa Kadiri, has died at the age of 53. The ex- Flying Eagles star went into a coma after falling from his New York apartment which caused bleeding in his brain. He died on Friday, July 24 according to Sahara Reporters. A source who confirmed his death, told the publication, […]
Continue ReadingSenate Committee Chairman on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwabaoshi, has challenged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to send list of 53 NDDC contracts allegedly awarded to his companies to the anti-graft agencies for investigation. The Senator dared the minister after he read his name and others as beneficiaries of the Niger […]
Continue ReadingA Kaduna-based lawyer, Haro Gandu, have killed by gunmen while his wife and son, were abducted from their resident at Tollgate, along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Gandu a staff of the State Ministry of Justice was killed on Sunday night when the gunmen broke into their home. A former […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actor, Jude Chukwuka has narrated his experience after a video of him singing Naira Marley’s song went viral. The video of the actor went viral after Naira Marley reposted it and pledged the sum of one million naira as appreciation for being a fan. However, Jude Chukwuka, in an interview with Sunday Scoop, revealed […]
Continue ReadingA document containing some names of Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives members involved in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), contracts has surfaced. In the document, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio mentioned the names of the National Assembly committees members probing the activities of the commission last Thursday. The names were […]
Continue ReadingThe suspended acting chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has stated that he will henceforth respond to every attack launched against him. Magu who denied misappropriating funds recovered for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a statement released by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, averred that the allegations he is […]
Continue ReadingA Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, United States turned out bloody as one of the protesters was allegedly shot dead. The protesters had gathered in downtown Austin in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement when shots rang out Saturday night. A clip of the scene shared online showed protesters marching through the […]
Continue ReadingWife of the late Nigerian musician, Nomoreloss, Adeola Osinuga, has passed away. Various sources say the former staff of Rhythm 93.7 FM died on Friday in Lagos, after losing a four-year battle against Fibromyalgia. Adeola’s husband, Nomoreloss predeceased her. He died in March 2016. They got married in 2008 and were blessed with a daughter, […]
Continue ReadingThe graduation ceremony for Batch 4/2019 deradicalized former Boko Haram combatants took place at the Operation Safe Corridor Mallam Sidi in Gombe state today Saturday, July 25. The former insurgents, all 601 in number, completed a de-radicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration program organized by Operation Safe Corridor and denounced their membership of the insurgent group at the Malam Sidi […]
Continue ReadingA 20-year-old Black woman was found hanging dead in her white roommate’s garage and the police department has ruled it a suicide, yet, friends and family speculate otherwise. The McKinney Police Department has declared the death of 20-year-old Gloria Bambo, a McKinney, Texas, resident, a suicide after she was found dead in the garage on July 12. Facebook user […]
Continue ReadingTwo men were reportedly burnt alive in Mbaise, Imo state, for allegedly robbing in the neighbourhood. Photos and videos shared online show the men being brutalized before tyres were placed on them and they were burnt alive. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Aboh Mbaise. Nigerians reacted to the extremely graphic video […]
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